National signing day is a day, when athletes commit to join a university, is a day of celebration for many sports fans. But supporters of UCSC athletics, coaches and Slug athletes are all unable to benefit from this standard practice, barred by university policy, which should be changed.

Twitter announced last week its plan to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, effectively cutting off certain countries from important information. City on a Hill Press argues for an American-based company, freedom of speech and information should always apply.

A disturbing trend in UC system-wide policies would have student protests regulated to an incredible degree. In some cases, students demeaned as being “children” in need of parenting on the part of the UC.

Proposed Senate Bill 967 would restrict the UC and CSU executives ability to grant themselves and their peers salary increases. But for the UC, it would serve more as an option rather than a binding law.

The regents recently announced that they will be holding their own rally at the State Capitol in May. As sloppy as UC student activism can sometimes be, they’re never that unabashedly ridiculous.

The UC Office of the President’s recent announcement that the sale and use of tobacco products on all 10 UC campuses will be banned in the next two years prompted us to question the plan’s wisdom.

It’s hard to say whether the patrons of Santa Cruz’s movie theaters over the winter holidays were searching for the future or yearning for the past. But it’s difficult to yearn for the past when the past is all around us.

The unseasonably warm weather, while it makes for a beautiful December and January, could be potentially leaving California in a bind.

Student-driven education is a laudable effort. It’s one of the most encouraging aspects of university life. But the burden of something as comprehensive and necessary as ethnic studies and its related programs shouldn’t be relegated to students alone.

AN OPEN LETTER Dear Friends at the UCSC Alumni Association and at UC: Recently you have called me to renew my contributions to UCSC. I cannot in good conscience contribute to any University of California charity while the present situation continues. I am a proud graduate of the University of California. Today some of my [...]